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The restaurant "La Locanda del Castello" is situated in the oldest and the lower part of the building just few steps away from the walls surrounding the Castle where once the once the old press used to transform the green olives in olive oil. With its vault ceilings, the lighting and elegant furnishing the restaurant offers its guests the flavour of old Tuscan recipes. Among the specialties stands the local white truffle, pecorino cheese and Etruscan dishes. |
| Property Facilities Summary: | Bar | Bicycle Rentals | Ceremony Management | Concierge Service | Cooking Courses | Internet Point | Massage | Mountain Bike Rentals | Public Parking | Restaurant | Small Dogs Welcome | Wake Up Service | Wedding Management | Wi-Fi | Wine Tasting | Wine Tours | | |
The territory of San Giovanni d'Asso, natural bridge between the Crete Senesi and the Val d' Orcia, is a rare example of the graceful union between nature and man's touch. Famous world wide for its valuable white truffle, the town is a constant promoter of meetings, proposal and plans on the theme of sustainable development of which it was a forerunner. It also organize guided hunts herbs-aromatics and officinal to develop a more direct and sensitive relationship with nature. The territory, rich with farms, hamlets, castles, parish churches, has always chosen a policy of welcome and hospitality in which the guests wellbeing is the centre around which all else rotates. Over fifteen years ago San Giovanni d'Asso became the centre for the removed show of the White Truffle of Creti Senesi, where the truffle, serving as an "ecology guard" because it doesn't grow in the polluted place, is used as a witness of the town's awareness of its environment. The Show has become a special parade of the best food products of Siena: the pecorino of the Crete Senesi, the salted meats old Siena territory, the honey, the saffron, the celebrate extra virgin olive oil and the new wine qualification DOC ORCIA, which has further enriched the already exceptional quality of Siena wines. Others important place to visit close to San Giovanni d'Asso: Pienza, S.Quirico d'Orcia. Montepilciano, San Galgano, Asciano and San Gimignano. |
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